Forgive me if this is the wrong place. There's a song that I've been listening to lately called Help Yourself by The Devil Makes Three that sort of summarizes a few stories that I think are all from the Christian faith. I was wondering if someone familiar with these subjects could help give me some context with these stories. My first question is whether they're actually accurate. The story of Noah and the flood, for instance, is one that I've heard before, but one verse talks about Nicodemus, which is a figure I'm unfamiliar with. The second question is more about how these stories fit into the themes of the song. From what I've interpreted, it seems like the song is saying not to wait for divine intervention, to put in work yourself and let God work through you, not for you, but I could be wrong. Thank you!
I've gone ahead and pasted the lyrics below for easier reference:
Help Yourself by The Devil Makes Three
Even the devil was an angel before he tried to rush the throne
Lord, they threw him down in hell there all alone
And now he builds a castle out of the sinners' bones
You'd be angry too if you could never go home
[Chorus]
Well now, I ain't no preacher, no preacher man's son
I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
Well I say, the good Lord helps those that help themselves
So help yourselves now
Old man Nicodemus could not make his heart believe
He could see that Jesus had some tricks up his sleeve
Said now, Oh man, Jesus I can't do things your way
But I can see you work with somebody big, so I'm backing your play
Old man Nicodemus, his pockets they were deep
But on the day the Romans decided to put Jesus to sleep
Jesus could not care for money now or any such thing
Old Nicodemus paid to have Jesus just buried like a king
[Chorus]
Our father art in heaven hallowed be thy name
Told Noah "build a boat" on the driest of days
And everybody in the neighborhood said old Noah was insane
I guess when the waters receded now, the truth was plain
[Chorus]
Moses was a great man, parted the waters of the Red Sea
Down the road to Egypt, he made sure the slaves were free
Well he could speak to God, so they say, yes indeed
Well the noise of his voice would have made our poor ears bleed
Moses, he had an army I tell you all his own
They stood in circles outside his very home
And when the the Pharaohs got to killing they left old moses alone
But the Romans drove their nails through old Jesus' bones
[Variation on Chorus][
Well now, I ain't no preacher, no preacher man's son
I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
Why they got Jesus now and not Moses, who can tell?
But they do say, the good Lord helps those that help themselves
So help yourselves now
Submitted November 10, 2018 at 12:24AM by Trash_garbage_waste https://ift.tt/2qEYlDI
No comments:
Post a Comment